All Along The Course To The Father’s House

As 2019 comes to a close, look over your shoulder and see the course you ran.  The older we become, the closer to heaven we are!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Every Breath You Take

An average person, at rest, takes 8,409,600 breaths a year. Do we recognize that every breath we take is God’s gift to us?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Christmas Message

In 2006, our dear Dr. Mal Couch delivered this Christmas message.  We know you will be greatly blessed this Christmas morning, too.   CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Suffering From TRUTH Decay? Brush Up On Your Bible

There is an abundance of Truth Decay in our culture and also coming from many ‘church’ pulpits. A lie has energy. The truth is stable. Truth is Reality not Relativism.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Time On My Hands Or Boots On The Ground

“Idle hands are the devil’ workshop” - “The devil finds work for idle hands” - “The devil temps all men – but idle hands tempt the devil”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Congratulations To Me!

Kings, or anyone, who build palaces should not forget their tombs for in a short time the grave will hold all their greatness.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

God’s Word Is Soul Wonderful

By accident I texted the word “Soul” instead of the word “so”.  An idea for a vignette! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

God Has Not Given Us These

The WORD of God, in great detail, tells us of things which God has given us. But Scripture also describes those things which God did NOT give us.  So, if we have them, they are ours by default.   CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Testimony Time: “What The Lord Has Done For Me”

Everyone’s story is different but the testimony of praise should be the same. Where we WERE to where we ARE is the result of what the Lord has done for each of us, personally.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“A Son Is A Son Till He Gets A Wife…”

Jokes about mother-in-laws are legendary. Sometimes the joke is no joke at all.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Illusion of Personal Sovereignty

If we are not careful, we can use words or phrases from Scripture as ‘tack-ons’.  For example ‘In Jesus’ Name’ or ‘Lord Willing’.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Sarai Wrap – Sarah Rap

Sarai was wrapped like every other woman, with the exception of physical beauty well into her old age and giving birth at age 90.  But she often gets a bad rap.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Need Comfort Today? Look Beyond The Sunset

The song ‘Beyond the Sunset’ was inspired by a simple sentence said by a blind man. “…I think I often see more [than sighed people]; I see beyond the sunset.” Yes, there is more to life than that which meets with physical sight.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Let The Critters Teach Us: “If A Frog Had Wings”

Do you find yourself saying, “If only I had …” or “If only I had not.”  That my friend, is practicing Frogology and is not living out your theology!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

True Friendship, A Thanksgiving Message

Sometimes, we forget to express our thankfulness for True Friends. Surely, friendship that are true are gifts from God.  Dr. Mal Couch’s message is sure to bless you.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Proposal

The first proposal ever made was in a garden setting. A suggestion was put forward for consideration and discussion… “You will be like Elohim …”.  He reserves El Elyon for himself!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Mission Impossible

There are hundreds of examples in Scripture that were, to the human eye, impossible missions.  In our own life, we have our own examples.  “When it looked like the sun wouldn’t shine any more, God put a rainbow in the clouds”.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

For Such A Time As This: Divine Appointments

“Inscrutable the ways of God, beyond the mind of man!  For who can read His hidden thoughts or search His secret plan?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Dependence Limits Freedom … Baruch

If for a moment we forget what we’re about, we can become like Baruch and have a case of self-pity and then begin to seek great things for ourselves.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Tell Yourself, Your Labor Has Purpose, OR …

Given a choice, would you rather tell yourself that your labor has purpose or that the Lord would tell you, “Your labor has real purpose with lasting results”?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Shelter In Place

“God is the home of man’s soul.”  He is THE shelter for His people ….  Our ‘dwelling place’, literally is ‘a house for us in all generations’.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

How Weak A Strong Man Can Be

We all have a weakness, maybe several. So we can sure understand what it means to falter.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Preserves of God

The study of God’s preservation fascinates me. He protects what belongs to Him, such as knowledge and justice. He preserves those who belong to Him. Believers are under the guardianship of God’s power.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

P.S. I Love You

Henry Drummond defined “LOVE” as the greatest thing in the world. How do you define love? Are there days in which you feel unloved?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Coming Arab Confederacy and Invasion of Israel – Dr Mal Couch

In this vignette, Dr. Mal Couch teaches on Psalm 83.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“The Wisdom of Your God Which Is In Your Hand”

It’s one thing to hold God’s Word in our hands but it must be in our hearts. We need to follow Ezra’s example and set our heart to study…Practice it and THEN teach it.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Let The Critters Teach Us: The Mockingbird And The Calico Cat

Temptation is part of life for every believer. Whatever the circumstances may be, remember that “God is faithful (1 Corinthians 10:13). He provides a way of escape”: Endure * Retreat* Escape * Play Dead.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Born This Way -VS- Born Again

People often say, “I was born this way” as validation to behave as they wish. On one hand, it is an excuse and excuses prolong the lie. On the other hand, it is true.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

These Dogs Don’t Bark

What a strange sight when a watch dog is to bark, warning of danger or to announce an intruder but remains silent. God called the professional prophets “blind watchmen and mute dogs.” Sounds like the 21st century to me.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Oops, I forgot This Was A Lilly Pad

It is good for us to find hardships and even contempt here, in order that we may learn to not think them STRANGE but to see ourselves as STRANGERS.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Cost And Benefits Of Cold Storage

The conversation goes like this, “What’s wrong?”  “Nothing”.  “I know SOMETHING is wrong.”  “There you go, always wanting to argue.” “Now, I don’t want to argue, I feel like you have withdrawn your heart from me.”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

More Than 70 Questions And Only One Answer

As we study God’s Word, we find He often asks questions. He does not need answers. The questions are for the benefit of the person to whom He is speaking and to those of us who read.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“It’ll All Come Out In The Wash”

This phrase means we’ll find out sooner or later what’s going on. The truth will be known in the future, problems and difficulties will be resolved in due time.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“Who Is Like Me?”

While it is true that each of us are created unique, we share our humanness. God never began to exist.  He has no past and no future.  Moses cries out “From everlasting to everlasting, You Are God.”  May the knowledge of the living, eternal God not be wasted on me.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Things Will Never Be Right Between You If You Ignore The Things That Separate You

Who among us have not known the pain of emotional separation? The closer the relationship the greater the hurt.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Making Preparations For Mother

The Suffering of Jesus in intense pain and agonies did not overwhelm the memory of His mother. He seemed to forget His pain in the tears of His mother and made preparations for her.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Waiting In God’s Corridor Of Timed Events

Scrawled on the wall of a building at Auschwitz: “I believe in the sun even when it is not shinning. I believe in love even when I do not feel it. I believe in God even when He is silent.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Let The Critters Teach Us * The Bunny, A Dove, And The Hawk

What fun it was watching the cotton tail bunny and dove dine together. Even though they were enjoying their meal they remained alert. Good thing because … CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Where’s The Line Between Explaining and Complaining; Acknowledging And Accusing?

I was talking to the Lord about our oppressive heat and the thought occurred to me, am I explaining or complaining?  Am I acknowledging His right to rule as He sees fit or am I accusing Him of being unwise?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Occupied * Exercised * Disciplined

We are so busy. It seems that there are not enough hours in the day to get everything done. Solomon calls it ‘a grievous task God has given to us” to be exercised and disciplined with.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Everybody Was Angry With Somebody

An angry attitude is not the atmosphere in which righteousness thrives. In the 18,098 words in the Book of Job the process of listening was lacking. “Be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger”.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The House Committee On Ways and Means

Whether we recognize it or not, we each have a spiritual house committee on ways and means. Job wished to argue his WAYS with God. Peter attempted to stand by his own means. Both thought they knew more than they actually did. Sound familiar?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Comfort Is Transferable

In whatever trying circumstance we find ourselves, “The God of all comfort” has provided a comfort chain.  Pass it on!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“…No One Like Him On Earth” … But Trouble Came

Briefly looking at the Book of Job, we will find four evaluations. Whose judgment counted?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Evolution Of The Fret

Have you watched the news lately? Can you get hot with anger and fume? Then this is for you. I might add, you have lots of company!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

God Be With You Till We Meet Again

Thinking about my loved ones who are with Jesus, I began singing, “God Be With You.”  I said, “Hey Lace! What are you saying? It’s not bad theology, just wrong placement!”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

A Worm Is Content To Live In The Dirt

The greatest difference between an instinct and a habit is their origin. God’s creatures live by instinct and can do no other Only humans can live like animals.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

When The Mountain Doesn’t Move

Some of us are facing a mountain and unless the Lord intervenes, the mountain of a problem will remain.  So, if the mountain doesn’t move, what can we do?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“There Is Nothing New Under The Sun" … Fake News and Leakers

This is NOT political but I think it will demonstrate that there’s truly nothing new under the sun because human nature does not change unless God changes man’s heart.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“Believe It Receive It * Doubt It Do Without It”

I am having eye problems and a lady prayed for me, making positive confessions, claiming perfect health over me. While I appreciated the prayer, our theology is worlds apart.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Satan’s Shoe Store … One Size Fits All!

Have you ever thought about your ‘Soulical Shoes’ and how you got them?  A one-size fits all, a ‘Double E’ World View!  Some of us have never grown out of these ‘Soulical Shoes’! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

How Do You Hug A Porcupine?

Loving some people is a painful experience.  The more you hug, the more you bleed. Go grab a tourniquet and then listen to this vignette! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The “I Don’t Know File” Is Getting Pretty Full

There are some problems in life that loom so large that are so scary and we have no answers. These must go into the “I don’t know” file.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Let The Critters Teach Us: The Swimming Cricket

I keep a pan of water out for animals that roam at night. This morning there was a cricket swimming in the pan. I don’t like crickets but I lifted him up and out of the water …  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Hassle Of The Tassels

When something good that was given to God’s people becomes a hassle, maybe one’s heart is following their eyes.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

I Stopped To Smell The Roses And Became A …..

The flower arrangement was gorgeous. I smelled the roses and proceeded to the nurses’ station to chat. The nurse asked if I had injured myself…  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

God Knows Ancestry * He Has No Need For 'Dot Com'

Many people are sending their DNA and their money to companies to find out their genetic line of descent.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Mysterious Ways of God * A Monarch’s Dream * A Baker’s Bad Memory

Difficulties and trials are a means of training, testing and preparing us for future service.  “Though we seem to stumble, He will not let us fall, and learning to be humble is not lost time at all.”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The First 40 Years * The Remaining 30 Years

“The first 40 years of life furnish the text, while the remaining 30 years supply the commentary…”   CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Baby Boomers, Generation X, Y, And Z

The time is which one was born and raised will determine the problems they will face and the solutions to the problems.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Watch Out! Goliath Had A Brother!

The phrase, “David & Goliath” has a popular meaning when describing an under-dog situation – a smaller, weaker person facing a much stronger adversary.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

What Is The Difference Between Personality And Character?

The term ‘personality’ comes from the word ‘persona’, which means ‘mask’.  Character is defined as ‘the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.”  Characterize people by their CONSISTENT behavior and we will never be fooled by their WORDS.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Postscript

I wish to correct my error from my last vignette. As the old saying goes, “When you’ve done the wrong thing, do the next right thing.”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Debate Forum

This vignette is not about a public debate forum but an internal debate forum. The invitees are Me, Myself, and I. Therein you will find a protagonist and an antagonist.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Brought Safely Through

God often brings  hindrances into our lives that He intends to be used to open doors that would not have been open otherwise.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Saying The Blessing

What do we mean when gathered around the table and someone says the blessing or says grace? Did Jesus ‘say the blessing”?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

If All Our Problems Were Hung On The Line …

You would take yours and would take mine!  How easily it is to look on the outside of someone’s life and think that their life is a bed of roses.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

A Legend In His Own Mind

This idiom describes a person who believes himself to have greater importance than is actually the case. Imagination is like an air-castle – there’s no foundation. Imagination is no match for reality.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

From Claudius To Apollos, Everyone Was In Place

If you believe in accidents, I hope Bible Study will help convince you otherwise. To sight-walkers, and on street level, it appears a lot of serendipity is going on.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“After These Things…”

I wish to thank parents and grandparents who are raising children in a godly home while living in this ugly world. My appreciation is from the depths of my soul. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

People I'm Going To Bite - VIGNETTE

Bearing a Grudge or wishing to pay someone back for wrongs done is a common emotion. But the Lord leaves us NO room in our hearts to hold such thoughts. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Telescope And The Rearview Mirror

My friend was driving through a frog-strangling rain storm and was having difficulty seeing the road, yet could see clearly in the rearview mirror. She remarked, “If only our telescope was as clear as our rearview mirror. “ Spiritual application here!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Thanatopsis * Euthanasia

Is there such a thing as a “good death”?  Thanatopsis means ‘seeing death”.  I fully except to have a “Christian Thanatopsis”!   CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Small Potatas

What is impossible to God? Nothing! What are ‘small potatas’ to God? Everything!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“Lord, You Know That I Love You”

The Lord had provided a meal for his disciples in preparation for a most solemn conversation. We can learn from this study, for when it’s all said and done we can honestly only say, “Lord, you know that I love you.”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Train of Misery

Do you know people who seem always to have big deals going on? They change jobs like we change our shirts, they find themselves quarreling most of the time. Trouble seems to follow them.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Upside-Down Beetle – Let The Critters Teach Us

I was outdoors pulling weeds and noticed a beetle upside-down. His six legs were moving n all directions, attempting to right himself. I felt sorry for him and flipped him over.  He began crawling.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Tree Of Right And Wrong

Adam was forbidden to eat from The Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil. Mankind has substituted The Tree of The Knowledge of Good and Evil for The Tree of Right and Wrong.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Jonah’s Gourd

God takes us behind the scenes and provides us a window for us to see the heart of man. In this window we will see our own heart if we are honest.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Leaves * Sand * Baggage * The Cover-Up

It is humorous to study the Bible and discover people’s futile attempts to hide from God.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Jesus Lived By Clock And Calendar

We are all locked in the system of time, space, and matter. We live our lives by clock and calendar. Jesus, in His human body did, as well.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The No Defect Man … Looking Good!

It seems mankind has always wanted powerful, beautiful people to represent them. What a contrast with The Person whom God chose to represent God to man and man to God!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Theology By Circumstance

Everyone has a theology – even an atheist.  He thinks about God, but denies His existence and expresses his theology in behavior and life style. What is your theology?  Is it biblical?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Out Of This World

Since we have lived no where else but this world, how foreign it is to thinking about being out of this world. Jesus had much to say about this world.  We must learn not to love what hates us.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Restraining Grace And Pardoning Grace

Someone asked, “Why would God include David’s horrible sins to be recorded in His Word for millions of people to read?”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Going Home

Like a hand at my back, I felt a great need to re-issue this recording.  Spoken through a few tears, my husband gave a powerful message.  Please take it to heart.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Got A Control Problem? Even Jesus did not make People Good!

People who try to control another person, are generally unhappy.  No matter how many times it’s said, “It’s their life” like a revolving door we can find ourselves at the starting gate.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Deal Breaker - It's Personal Now!

David was “a man after Gods own heart”.  He is a great example of trusting in the Lord. He was fighting “the Lord’s battles” until it got personal.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Vastly Different Personal Histories

How different we all are! Our life’s story can be as different as daylight from dark. Some people have made shambles of their lives and think they are a hopeless wreck. … Not so!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“…The Fall And Rise…”

What a strange expression this is. We think in terms of the ‘rise and fall’.  So is it significant that the Bible uses the phrase “the fall and rise”?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Schedule E.U.C. Surgery, IF …

We are addressing the issue of the futile attempt of trying to fix ADULT children.  There are some mothers who STILL try to mommy their grown children. These need to schedule E.U.C. surgery.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Samson’s Weave

“Oh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

And He Made The Devil Pay For It!

Will the Lord supply your needs?  Absolutely! Sometimes He supplies a believer's needs in very unexpected ways.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Bargain Basement Baby

Can anyone identify with Leah? She was an unloved Bargain Basement Baby to Jacob but not to God!  Abigail?  Married to a fool and a mean one, at that.  She was a classy, third floor furs and ball-gown type but treated like a Bargain Basement Baby! CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

A Balloon Full of Air or Tears In A Bottle?

There are none exempt from life’s pain. What we do with pain’s impact into our lives will become a major part of our personal story. We can become bitter or better.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Clouds Come And Go

Have you ever felt that a dark cloud was hanging over your head? The good news is that clouds come and go. They do not come to stay!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Dreams And Interpretations

It seems nowadays people are having dreams, visions, and often interpret their own dreams. Should we be alarmed or comforted?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Let The Critters Teach Us About Burn Piles

People who live in the country have an advantage over city dwellers. We can put our weeds, grass clippings, and etc. in a burn pile to be burned. So what can birds teach us? Plenty!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Does One’s Soul Grow Old?

We can find many references in the Bible about the soul, but I have failed to find one word about the soul growing old. This seems significant to me.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Follow The Clues ... Going Down

There are clues to alert and alarm us that we are on a downward spiral. If we pay attention, we can change course and not hit bottom.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Anger: Jack In The Box * The Gunny Sack

It is totally not fun to be around an angry person.  The Jack In The Box type or a Gunny Sacker angry person cause Damage and harms relationships. There are no band-aids for the heart.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

W.W.J.D. ?

The above is an acronym intended as a personal reminder to make choices as Jesus would or as a means of advertising that they are a Christian.  So just what would Jesus do?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Continuum of Extremes

If we think of our Christian walk as a continuum, we must define the extremes and see them as dangerous places to avoid.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

What On Earth Could The Devil Want With A Corpse?

“But Michael the archangel, when he disputed with the devil and argued about the body of Moses….”  Seems the devil was opposed to the secret burial of the body.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Waiting Room

Who hasn’t been waiting in a waiting room?  I think there is a ‘waiting room’ in our souls. Depending on whom we trust, that will be the deciding factor of our peace, or lack of peace, while waiting.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Scent Notes of Scripture

A fragrance has three notes:  A top note, a heart note, and a base note.  To me, like a fine perfume, Scripture has scented notes also. “An odor has no personal significance until it becomes connected to something that has meaning.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“Go Pound Sand” : Jesus “Did Not Seek to Bring Peace on the Earth…”

Conflict, strife, and division can be expected within the family. In opposition to Christ, they may oppose us too.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“Need For Closure”

The ‘need for closure” is a popular phrase these days. It means to seek answers to the cause of losses in order to close the door on painful feelings. Is it a biblical concept or practice?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

It Is Not Time To Throw In The Towel

We all can become weary and discouraged.  But to throw in the towel is to admit you are defeated and cannot succeed.  “Eternity, and not time, becomes the real gauge of our life’s work.”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Term Or Whole Life Assurance

Whole Life Assurance is a life insurance policy which is guaranteed to remain in force for the insured’s entire life.  Term life, provides coverage for a limited time. Spiritually speaking, which coverage do you have?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

There Will Always Be Things Left Undone

“God buries His workman and carries on His Work.”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Wilderness Experience * Wandering Is Optional

Coming out of Egypt, the Lord did not lead His people by the shortest route but took them into the wilderness. The shortest way is not always the best way.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

God’s Master Plan of History Ezekiel 38: Part 2

The coming invasion of the land with Dr. Mal Couch.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

God’s Master Plan of History Ezekiel 38: Part 1

The coming invasion of the land with Dr. Mal Couch.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

God’s Master Plan of History: Part 2

Join Dr. Mal Couch as he explains God’s Master Plan.  Ezekiel 36:  “I will bring you bring you back to the land”, The New Covenant, and some John 3:1-16.   CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

God’s Master Plan of History: Part 1

Join Dr. Mal Couch as he explains God’s Master Plan.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Telescope of Faith

We each have our own problems. Some of us are like Noah who ‘owned’ only a telescope of faith. Others of us are like Zacharias and see difficulties through a magnifying glass.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“If There Were No God There Would Be No Atheist”

If people truly believe there is no God, why argue, debate, and spend million s of dollars trying to prove He does not exist?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Cultural Velcro

The insidious spread of the culture’s ungodly words and phrases may creek into our vocabulary. Without meaning to, we can perpetrate the steadily growing low view of God.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Today Is The Tomorrow You Worried About Yesterday

Generally, when we feel anxiety, fear, or anger about people, places, or things, we are trying to control the uncontrollable and to know the unknowable.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
 

Serving God’s Purpose Unawares: Nephew Saves Uncle’s Life

His uncle’s life was a in grave danger. Forty men had formed a conspiracy to kill him. Talk about being in the right place at the right time!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
 

An Authorized Biography Written By The Hammer And A Rock

If you were given the privilege to write, not just a history or a biography but really a portrait of the most important Person who ever lived, would you include your own failures?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Let The Critters Teach Us: A Bucket of Crabs

If you’ve ever seen a bunch of crabs in a bucket, you will notice one almost climbs out but another grabs his leg, pulling him to the bottom again. People can be like that.  Condemned! But Truth is an Absolute Defense.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

I’m Straining At The Oars, Lord. Do Not Pass Me By

Jesus watched his disciples strain at the oars for several hours before coming to them and “He intended to pas by them.” What lessons had His disciples to learn, that we must learn, as well?
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Sologamy, Till Death Us Do Part

There is a rising trend of people marrying themselves.  “It is the latest in self-care…  We say, “Tish-tish”, that’s terrible.”  But think biblically about yourself. You might, and probably will, find you are a SOLOGAMIST!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Serendipity or Serving God’s Purpose Unawares: Joseph of Arimathea

Someone had to deal with the Lord’s body. He would not have buried. Criminals weren’t buried but thrown into a trench. The disciples had fled, though John was there.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

 

“If You Are Willing….”

“Not my will, but Thine be done, prayed Jesus. May this same prayer be mine every day. When this robe of flesh that I wear makes me falter….”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Non-Responsibility Clause

The Doctrine of Personal Responsibility has fallen on hard times. The Blame Game is in the top 10 of games people play.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Let The Critters Teach Us: The Shorty Story

This particular vignette should not be listened to with children in the room.  My grandmother had a prized registered Angus bull. Named Shorty because of his short legs, he was a beauty. Short loved the girls. Unfortunately, he had a roving eye…. It didn’t end well for him.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Point Nemo

I watch Jeopardy for an exercise in humility!  Do you know the most remote location on planet earth? It is Point Nemo. Once I researched a bit, immediately I thought of God’s incredible forgiveness of sins.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Serving God’s Purpose Unawares: Jochebed, Miriam, and Pharaoh’s Daughter

My husband said, “We are links in a chain.” These three women were linked together in God’s providence. Each will serve God’s purpose but will serve unawares.  Are you serving God’s purpose unawares?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“…The Prudent Person Keeps Silent, For It Is An Evil Time”

“The dumb silence of the prudent is the awful curse which comes upon a people when they are given up to selfishness.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Brick Wall of Reality

Calendars and Journals:  we are either a day ahead or a day behind. What we have planned and what actually happens is reality.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
 

Life’s Chapters 22

As we look at different Bible passages and think biblically, we will see illustrations of human lives under the training of God’s discipline.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
 

It Should Have Been Me!

Jealousy is hostility towards a rival, or an imagined rival, who is believed to enjoy an advantage that isn’t their own, and in their opinion, is deserved. Many examples here!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“If I Could Kick The Fellow In The Pants …

...Who caused most of my troubles, I couldn’t sit down for a month.”   Can you identify with this statement? I think Jacob and his ten sons could have!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Where Is God When Bad Things Happen?

The short answer is, the same place He is when GOOD things happen.  “God controls all events in the universe but does so nearly always through Providence, so that his rule is hidden.”  Joseph could have asked this question!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“Who Is That”?

Can you relate to someone who has no memory of the past and no thoughts about the future and whose present is only seconds longs?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Serendipity or Serving God’s Purpose Unawares: Joseph of Arimathea

Someone had to deal with the Lord’s body. He would not have buried. Criminals weren’t buried but thrown into a trench. The disciples had fled, though John was there.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN 

In Loving Memory of Dr. Mal Couch (07/12/38- 02/12/13) : The Rose Tree

Someone said, “God gave us memories so that we can have roses in December.” I have a Rose-Tree in this December of my life.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

“Write It Regret It – Say It Forget It”

This statement might hold I n some instances street-level but it will never work for the incomparable Word of God. “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man that He should repent.”  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

God Chose His Own Relatives

Sixteen verses in both Matthew and Luke details Jesus’ genealogy. Were the people in these two lists the result of willy-nilly, hit or miss happenstance?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Stay Present * In The Present * In The Presence of God

How many of our present sufferings are due to the fact that we do not STAY PRESENT in the PRESENT? The worries of today are added to the years of tomorrow, which are added in the regrets of the past….  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Touch Of The Evil One: The Thorn and The Sifter

Scripture declares that Satan is a created being. He can do no more than God allows him to do.  While he cannot grasp us, he can trip us up.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Lost In The Family’s History

I have inherited old framed pictures of my parent’s Grand and Great Grand-parents. I was, also, given a box of old family photographs. Though they are relatives, I have no idea who these people are. Can you love someone you’ve never seen?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

These I hold In My Heart, But You Hold Them In Your Hand

Think of a stadium having many levels of seating. Parents of adult children have the first row of seats, Grand-parents the second and Great Grand-parents are in the nose-bleed section.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Let The Critters Teach Us About Army Worms

Last September there was an invasion of army worms in our area. They eat and suck the life out of foliage. Spiritual lessons can be learned from these worms. The church has been invaded by false teacher “Army Worms”, distorting the shape functions and truth of the church of the Living God.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Seeds, Can You Make Them?

The Global Seed Vault also known as “The Doomsday Vault” has over a million stored seeds.  “These are seed banks around the world that will save us from the apocalypse.”  So, if seeds cannot be made, where did seed come from?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Make Hay While The Sun Shines

This phrase is from 1546 and means: make the most of one's opportunities while you have the time. Make good use of your time because opportunity and time will slip away.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

No Returns * No Exchanges * No Refunds

Most things we purchase or receive as a gift can be returned for, at least, an exchange.  Not so with this gift. We must use this gift well, so that we do not regret the price we paid for it.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Some Of Us May Be Scantily Clad...

Since the righteous acts or good works of believers will constitute the wedding garment for the marriage supper of the Lamb, some of us may be scantily clothed!  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Return To Sender

At some point in our lives, we will return to our Creator.  Each of us have an invisible time-stamped day on which we will return to God.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Hey Jeho! He's Not Your Bro

"I am as you are, and my people as your people, and we will be with you..."  God and His grace abound yet there are snares and traps. Not everyone is a brother.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Interloper

An Interloper is one that intrudes in a place or sphere of activity without permission. I think Jonah and Job might qualify as interlopers.  So would those that vicariously live another’s life and carrying problems not their own.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

A Tomato Is A Fruit, Right? The difference between Knowledge And Wisdom

Knowledge is to know that a tomato is a fruit but wisdom is not to put in in a fruit salad.  Knowledge remains knowledge without application.  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The Weaning Process

The Psalmist takes a small child as his model for Psalm 131. Can you say, “I, too, am fully weaned”?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

The House That Jedi Built

Jedidiah means, “beloved of the Lord”.  Jedi was given the great privilege of building the Temple. But he forgot to watch over his “inner house”.  As we begin a New Year, how does your house look – the hidden person of the heart?  CLICK HERE TO LISTEN